"Val. Val." Said a voice. The figure groan turning their back to the voice then felt a soft kick on their rear a few times. "Come on. We have to get moving before the cops show up." Said the second figure grabbing their wrist to drag them off the rusted bench. They fell on the dirty cement and faced the second figure pointing their index finger at their leg making a tiny spark come out shocking them. "Ow! Im just telling you. No need to electrocute me. Damn." Said the figure rubbing their thigh. "Ethan. If i wanted to electrocute you. You'd be dead smelling like rotting fish that was sitting in the hot sun all day." Said Val getting up. "Easy for you to say. We smell like a sweaty gym without air conditioning." Said Ethan grabbing his keys to the car. Val grabbed her blanket and pillow and threw it into the car with their stuff inside before climbing in. "How much we got this time?" Said Ethan starting it up. "Last i checked was fifteen bucks." Said Val looking at him. "Why you looking at me?" Said Ethan looking back at her. "Did you buy weed from Deranged Doug?" Said Val. "No. I stopped after i found out where he kept it stashed." Said Ethan. "Dont bother telling me." Said Val shaking her head. "I wont trust me." Said Ethan driving into the street. Val looked around for the police cars since they can only hear the faint sirens meaning their far from their location. "Where to?" Said Ethan. Val didnt answer rubbing her wrist that a bloody rose tattoo reaching down her forearm covering an old tattoo she had as a kid. "They'll wont be able to find you. Right?" Said Ethan. "We both know the answer to that." Said Val closing her eyes.
She opened them up seeing nothing but pitch darkness and water. "What am i doing back here?" Said Val then heard footsteps. "Hello?" Said a voice. "Who's there?" Said Val searching for them. She looked to find nothing until a girl appeared in front of her making a small spark hit her arm causing her to disappear into smoke. "No. Wait come back!" Said Val then heard a sound of tires screeching. Ethan got control of the wheel and breathed in relief before looking at Val who had her eyes closed and her head dropped down. Val walked around the darkness to find the girl again. "Papa! Papa!" A girl's voice shouted. The void began to ripple showing the girl wearing a hospital gown and her head shaved being dragged away somewhere looking back at Val. Val looked back to see the man that she never wanted to see again. He had white hair brushed back with a nice suit looking at the girl as her voice continued to scream out to him. "Just like your sister." Said the man. "Another one?" Said Val looking to where the girl was. "Any sign of 003?" Said the man. "No sir. Its been years since her escape. She's not like the others. What do we when she found?" Said the nurse. "Like we did with the others. Kill her. We have 0011 now." Said the man before walking with the nurse. "Val? Valerie!" Said a voice. "Ethan?" Said Valerie then saw the scene changing. She stood in a middle of a room with grey padding from the ceiling, walls, and floor except for the door with food slot that be opened from the outside. Valerie breathed faster realizing what happened here and heard the opening and male nurse came in with a cart. She then let out a scream after a sharp pain hit her leg. Valerie looked around in panic until Ethan gently rubbed her arm to calm her down. She looked over at him then felt the same pain on her leg looking down to see his pocket knife plunged into her thigh.
"Sorry." Said Ethan continuing their drive. Valerie breathed in gripping the handle and ripped it out letting out her breathe to ease the pain. She quickly opened the glove compartment taking out the first aid box to stop the bleeding. "I'll live. As long as i get into get. It'll heal." Said Valerie tightening the gauge. "Was it about . . . that?" Said Ethan. "At the end before you stabbed me but the beginning. I was in the void and saw a girl along with the man who ruined my life." Said Valerie. "What about them?" Said Ethan. "The girl had short curly hair with a tomboyish look but the scene changed. She was wearing a gown, head shaved, and was being dragged somewhere." Said Valerie taking off her beanie. Her dark brown hair fell down to her stomach and looked down the road in thought. "So what do you wanna do find her?" Said Ethan reaching old abandoned laundry store. "Yeah." Said Valerie in low voice while playing with her white streak on the left side of her head. "Have you lost your fucking mind? What if you found her alive and the next she dead like your family?" Said Ethan. "I get it. But that was because i wasnt careful. Fucking neighbors." Said Valerie. "Youre sure you want to find her." Said Ethan as Valerie looked at him. He groan then yelled in frustration before turning the radio on feeling Valerie hugged him. "Do your shit while do ours." Said Ethan grabbing a full trash bag. He went through the broken window as Valerie turned the radio dial to a empty station and placed her hand on the dashboard. Valerie can hear a police radio station and can hear a man talking. 'Listen. I know you want to go out but its too risky. Its why we have rules.' Said a man. 'Shes alive. I saw her. Shes my sister. You cant keep me here your just like Papa.' Said a girls voice. "Eleven!" Said Valerie feeling a energy flowing through her finding where it the signal is coming from. She can feeling her breathing going slow before saw a flash image before passing out with the radio sparking and smoked. After Ethan set the washer on the correct mode for their clothes he smelled smoke somewhere and looked out see Valerie not moving. He went to look at her seeing her mumbling something and saw the radio was fried. "Damn it." Said Ethan. He went to his side to unhook the wires and other connections to the radio and threw it out. "Hawkins Indiana." Valerie grumbled. "Next state over. When you wake up. You owe me a new radio bitch." Said Ethan leaving the door open to let the smell out. He then went back inside and waited for their clothes to be done.